| Mukul Chowdhury | |||||
| Native Name: | মুকুল চৌধুরী | ||||
| Birth Date: | 1945 or 1946 (c.) | ||||
| Birth Place: | Balaganj, Sylhet, Bangladesh | ||||
| Death Date: | 4 April 2002 (aged 56) | ||||
| Death Place: | Kolkata, India | ||||
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi | ||||
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Mukul Chowdhury (Bangla:মুকুল চৌধুরী) was a Bangladeshi lyricist and musical artist.[1] He has written many songs for radio, television and more than hundreds of films including 'O Madhobi Go Theko Mor Antore,' 'Tumi Accho Sobi Acche,' 'Ek Chor Jay Chole' etc.[2] [3] [4] [5] He has also penned the song 'Ore Nil Doriya Amay De Re De Chhariya.'[6]
Chowdhury was born in Balaganj, Sylhet.[7] He lived in the Motijheel AGB Colony, Dhaka. He and Alam Khan used to play football together in the colony field whereafter they became best of friends. Mukul was good at playing vibraphone and he wrote poems too. One day Alam Khan suggested him to write some songs so the next day Mukul wrote some songs and brought it to him. One of them was 'O Madhobi go Theko mor Antore,' which was then composed by Alam Khan and later sang by Rowshan Ara Mustafiz. Through the following time he wrote many other popular songs including 'Bhalobeshe Gelam Shudhu Bhalobasha Pelam Na' for the film Keu Karo Noy, 'Tumi Accho Sobi Acche' for the film Sokhi Tumi Kar and 'Hiramoti Hiramoti' for the film Sareng Bou.[8]
Chowdhury is best known for the lyrics of 'Ore Nil Doriya Amay De Re De Chhariya' which is considered one of the most evergreen compositions of Bangladeshi Music. The music in the song was composed and produced by Alam Khan and sang by Abdul Jabbar for the Bangladeshi film Sareng Bou, directed by Abdullah Al Mamun.[9] In 1976–77 when director Abdullah Al Mamun sat with the songs for his movie, Alam Khan asked Mukul to write something for a music he has already composed in 1969 but did not use anywhere. He read the whole story first and then came up with the lyrics of this famous song within two days.
Chowdhury went to Kolkata in the year 2002 for his brother's treatment. On 4 April in the same year, he died of a heart attack at a local clinic there.[10]
The Pancham cultural events at The Central Public Library in Dhaka on 8th May, 2002 was dedicated to Chowdhury. A memorial period was carried out in remembrance of him. A staging called 'Generation's Cry' by the Vocabulary Recitation Academy started after that. Then the music arrangements for the evening began. Chowdhury's son and daughter along with music director, Alam Khan, attended the event.[11]
| Year | Film | Song(s) | Singer(s) | Composer(s) | Co-artist(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Kanch Kata Hire | "O Boner Kokila Re" | Sabina Yasmin | Alam Khan | solo | debut film |
| 1976 | Gunda[12] | "Ami Bostir Rani" | Sabina Yasmin | Alam Khan | solo | |
| "Mon Boleche Ami Preme Porechi" | Sabina Yasmin | |||||
| "Bhoy Bhoy Lage" | Sabina Yasmin, Ferdous Wahid | |||||
| "Jeona Priyotoma" | Sabina Yasmin, Mohammed Ali Siddiqui | |||||
| "Ami Ek Matal" | Sabina Yasmin, Ferdous Wahid | |||||
| Ki Je Kori[13] | "Mon Debo Ki Debona" | Sabina Yasmin | Alam Khan | solo | ||
| "Na Kichhu Koite Pari" | ||||||
| Raj Rani | "Hujure Aala Tumi" | Runa Laila | Alam Khan | solo | ||
| "Na Na Na Na Deewana" | Runa Laila | |||||
| "Rajkumari Amina Ami" | Sabina Yasmin | |||||
| "Tumi Amar Moner Raja" | Sabina Yasmin | |||||
| 1977 | Daata Hatem Tai | "Kotodin Koto Jug Dhore" | Sabina Yasmin | Ali Hossain | Gazi Mazharul Anwar, Mohammad Rafiquzzaman and Golam Sarwar | |
| "Mor Janeri Jaan" | ||||||
| 1978 | Kapurush | "Amake Jodi Pete Chao" | Runa Laila | Alam Khan | solo | |
| "Borodin Aaj" | Sabina Yasmin | |||||
| "Jokhon Amar Daak Shunbe" | ||||||
| "Shopno Je Amar Duti Noyone" | Sabina Yasmin, Ferdous Wahid | |||||
| Sareng Bou | "Hiramoti Hiramoti" | N/A | Alam Khan | solo | ||
| "Kobe Hobe Dekha Tomar Shone" | Sabina Yasmin,Indramohan Rajbangshi, Rabindranath Rai | |||||
| "Ore Nil Doriya Amay De Re De Chhariya" | Abdul Jabbar | |||||
| 1979 | Chhoto Maa | "O Rana Amar Rana" | Alam Khan | Mukul Chowdhury | Khurshid Alam, Runa Laila | |
| Jobab | "O Sagor Sagor Re" | Sabina Yasmin | Alam Khan | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | ||
| Aradhona[14] | "Ami Tomar Bodhu" | Shammi Akhtar | Alam Khan | solo | ||
| "Ami Na Janlam" | Indramohan Rajbongshi | |||||
| "Tumi Bole Dakle" | Khurshid Alam | |||||
| "Chithi Diyo (version 1)" | Shammi Akhtar | |||||
| "Chithi Diyo (version 2)" | Sabina Yasmin | |||||
| Kanya Bodol | "Ekhane Noy Okhane Cholo" | Runa Laila | Alam Khan | solo | ||
| "Eso Eso Aaj Bhab Kori" | Runa Laila, Khurshid Alam | |||||
| "O Mama Mama" | Sabina Yasmin, Tele Samad | |||||
| Meher Banu | "Ami Ghor Bandhilam Pirit Koriya" | Ferdous Wahid, Sabina Yasmin | Alam Khan | co-singer | co-sang in a film for the first time | |
| 1980 | Jadu Nogor | "Aayre Lal Pori Aay" | Sabina Yasmin | Alam Khan | M A Malek | |
| "Ami Ek Jug Pore Peyechi Dekha" | Runa Laila | |||||
| "Chokhe Chokhe Khuji Jare" | Sabina Yasmin | |||||
| "Eito Ekhane Ami" | Runa Laila | |||||
| "Khola Khola Akashe" | Andrew Kishore, Rulia Rahman | |||||
| "Nachere Tale Tale" | Sabina Yasmin | |||||
| Protiggya | "Banda Tulechhe Du Haat" | Anjuman Ara Begum, Khurshid Alam, Sabina Yasmin, | Alam Khan | solo | ||
| "Ek Chor Jay Chole" | Andrew Kishore | |||||
| Sokhi Tumi Kar[15] | "Joto Khushi Khun Khun Khela" | Runa Laila | Alam Khan | solo | ||
| "Koto Dure Aar Koto Dure" | ||||||
| "Tumi Achho Sobi Achhe" | Abdul Jabbar | |||||
| 1981 | Badhonhara[16] | "Na Na Na Tomay Jete Debona" | Runa Laila | Alam Khan | solo | |
| 1982 | Keu Karo Noy | "Bhalobeshe Gelam Shudhu Bhalobasha Pelam Na" | Sabina Yasmin | Alam Khan | solo | |
| "Bujan Lo Bujan" | Sabina Yasmin, Runa Laila | |||||
| "Mon To Manena" | Runa Laila | |||||
| Natbou | "Hadudu Du Du" | Khurshid Alam, Runa Laila | Alam Khan | Md. Shahed Ali Majnu | ||
| 1983 | Maan Somman | "Amari Naam Bhalobasha" | Runa Laila | Alam Khan | Syed Shamsul Haque | |
| "Allah Allah Tor Duniyata Samla" | ||||||
| "Aaj Ami Kal Tumi" | solo | |||||
| "Tomake Khoda Gorechhe Nije" | Sabina Yasmin, Andrew Kishore | Syed Shamsul Haque | ||||
| 1988 | Tolpar | "Sedin To Bolecho Bhalobaso" | Sabina Yasmin | Alam Khan | solo | |
| 1995 | Ghor Duar | "Amar Moner Deepali" | Runa Laila | Alam Khan | Moniruzzaman Monir, Khoshnur Alamgir | |
| "Tui Amar Jaaner Jaan" | ||||||
| "Tomar Abbake Bolo" | Runa Laila, Andrew Kishore | |||||
| "Tumi Asha Bhalobasha" | Sabina Yasmin, Andrew Kishore | |||||
| 2001 | Bheja Biral | "Jibon To Ektai" | Syed Abdul Hadi, Andrew Kishore, Dolly Sayontoni, Asma Debjani | Alam Khan | Milton Khandaker | featured last song of his life "Jibon To Ektai" |
| N/A | ||||||
| N/A | Chhoto Maa | N/A | Anjuman Ara Begum, Khurshid Alam, Sabina Yasmin, Mohammad Ali Siddiqui | Alam Khan | solo | |
| Year | Song(s) | Singer(s) | Composer(s) | Co-artist(s) | ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978[17] | "Amar Premer Tori Boyya Chole" | Ferdous Wahid | Alam Khan | solo | [18] |
| N/A | "Padma Nodir Teerti Gheshe" | solo | [19] | ||
| "Chithi Likhachhi Nishi Raitte" | Runa Laila | solo | [20] |